Last Thursday, I shared a process art piece I did on the brewing process for Britannica’s article on beer. Today, I present a second in a three-week series focusing on process art.

I greatly enjoyed working on this graphic as it touched upon my boyhood hobby of numismatics—or the study and collection of coins. (I have forever been fascinated by histories behind coins.)

When it came time to illustrate the face of the coin, I settled upon the distinctive profile of William Smellie, master printer and complier of the first edition of the Britannica. The Latin phrase multum, non multa—depth not breadth—was my own acknowledgement of the focus attended to each of the Britannica articles. The dates refer to the founding of this institution, and the year that I made this illustration.